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Thomas McLERNON [Thomas McLAREN]

Thomas McLERNON [Thomas McLAREN]

Male 1862 - 1958  (95 years)    Has 6 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Thomas McLERNON 
    Known As Thomas McLAREN 
    Birth 21 Jul 1862  Carmavy, County Antrim, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Immigration From 29 Jul 1885 to 16 Sep 1885  Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Immigration From 29 Jul 1885 to 16 Sep 1885  steamship TONGARIRO Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4] 
    Occupation 1896  [5] 
    Dairyman, Devonport 
    Occupation 1898  [6] 
    Farmer, Manawaru near Te Aroha 
    Occupation 1905  [7] 
    Farmer, Manawaru near Te Aroha 
    Death 30 Apr 1958  Te Aroha, Waikato, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Burial 01 May 1958  Te Aroha, Waikato, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    Probate 20 Jun 1958  Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11] 
    Person ID I127  NZ Genealogy Project | McLERNON Descendant
    Last Modified 13 Mar 2011 

    Father James McLERNON [James McCLERNON],   b. 1816, Carmavy, County Antrim, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Oct 1879, Carmavy, County Antrim, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Ann McCOMB,   b. 1825, Carmavy, County Antrim, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 May 1863, Carmavy, County Antrim, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years) 
    Marriage 07 Sep 1849  Templepatrick, County Antrim, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13] 
    Family ID F96  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Sarah DUXFIELD [Lizzie],   b. 03 Aug 1861, Willington, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Sep 1944, Te Aroha, Waikato, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 10 Apr 1889  Mount Albert, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Residence 1896  Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence From 1905 to 1928  Manawaru, Waikato, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 15] 
    Residence From 1935 to 1958  Te Aroha, Waikato, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Children 
    +1. James McLAREN [Jim],   b. 17 Mar 1890, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Dec 1967, Matamata, Waikato, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    +2. Elinor McLAREN [Nellie],   b. 14 Apr 1891, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Mar 1971, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    +3. John Duxfield McLAREN [Jack],   b. 15 Feb 1893, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Mar 1980, Te Kuiti, Waikato, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
    +4. Thomas Henry McLAREN,   b. 27 Sep 1895, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Feb 1957, Te Aroha, Waikato, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
    +5. Frederick Archibald McLAREN [Pat],   b. 28 Feb 1898, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 03 Jun 1989, Te Aroha, Waikato, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
    +6. Elizabeth Dickinson McLAREN [Bessie],   b. 10 Feb 1900, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Mar 1991, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
     7. Ethel Mary McLAREN,   b. 17 Oct 1901, Te Aroha, Waikato, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 08 Nov 1986, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    Family ID F38  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Dec 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 21 Jul 1862 - Carmavy, County Antrim, Northern Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - From 29 Jul 1885 to 16 Sep 1885 - Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 10 Apr 1889 - Mount Albert, Auckland, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1896 - Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - From 1905 to 1928 - Manawaru, Waikato, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - From 1935 to 1958 - Te Aroha, Waikato, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 30 Apr 1958 - Te Aroha, Waikato, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 01 May 1958 - Te Aroha, Waikato, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProbate - 20 Jun 1958 - Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
    Thomas McLaren
    Thomas McLaren 1950

    Headstones
    Headstone - Thomas and Elizabeth McLaren    		Headstone - Thomas and Elizabeth McLaren
    Elizabeth Sarah, wife of Thomas McLaren, departed this life 12th Sept 1944 aged 83 years; Thomas, beloved husband of Elizabth Sarah McLaren, departed this life 30th April 1958 aged 95 years.
    Plot: Block 015, Plot 20

    Histories
    Places - Carmavy, Northern Ireland    		Places - Carmavy, Northern Ireland
    information about Carmavy in Northern Ireland. Carmavy was were Thomas McLernon, my great grandfather, was born and grew up before migrating to New Zealand in 1886. His father James McLernon farmed at Carmavy, and is buried in the Carmavy Cemetery. Thomas McLernon, or Thomas McLaren as he was known in New Zealand, named his farm, at Manawaru in the Waikato, Carmavy after his birthplace.
    1921 Letter from Northern Ireland - Transcript    		1921 Letter from Northern Ireland - Transcript
    Transcript of a letter from Elizabeth McLaren (nee DUXFIELD) to her eldest daughter Elinor Rushbrooke (nee McLAREN). The letter was written while Thomas and Elizabeth McLaren were staying with relatives in Northern Ireland, near Carmavey in County Antrim where Thomas had grown up.

    Album Photos
    Elizabeth and Tom McLaren
    Golden Wedding 1939 - Family Photo
    Rushbrooke grandchildren with Thomas and Elizabeth McLaren - 1937
    Thomas McLaren - 1951
    At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

    Albums
    McLaren, Thomas and Elizabeth     		McLaren, Thomas and Elizabeth (8)
    Photographs of Thomas McLERNON (1862-1958), known as Thomas McLaren, his wife Elizabeth Sarah DUXFIELD (1861-1944), their children and grandchildren.

  • Notes 

    • BIOGRAPHY

      Thomas McLernon was born 21 July 1862 in Carmavy (now called Carmavey), County Antrim, Northern Ireland. He was the youngest child of James McLernon and Ann McComb. Thomas's mother died when he was an infant. Thomas's father died when Thomas was 15 and Thomas inherited his father's farm at Carmavy, to be managed by his step-mother until Thomas was 25 years old. Thomas had a headstone erected in Carmavy graveyard with the following inscription:

      Erected by Thomas McLernon, Carmavey in memory of his father James McLernon, who died 24th October 1879. Aged 63 years. His mother Ann McComb, who died 12th May 1863 aged 38 years. Also their children:- Susan who died 6th January 1852 aged 2 years Ellen who died 24th February 1877 aged 18 years.

      The Northern Ireland McLernon or McClernon family were originally from Scotland.

      At the age of 24, in 1886, Thomas migrated to New Zealand on the steam ship "Tongariro", arriving in Auckland on 15 September 1886. On arriving in New Zealand he used the surname McLAREN instead of McLERNON. He worked in the Captain Cook Brewery in Khyber Pass Road, Auckland. He also worked as a ploughman in Ponsonby, before leasing a shop in Devonport where his occupation was listed as "Dairyman".

      Thomas's older brothers, Henry and Samuel, had emigrated from Northern Ireland before him. His oldest brother Henry McLERNON (McLAREN) migrated to Canada about 1870 where he adopted the surname McLaren. Samuel McLERNON migrated to New Zealand twelve years before Thomas, in 1874. Samuel had established successful watchmaking and jewellery businesses in Hamilton and Gisborne when Thomas arrived in 1886. Samuel and his descendants retained the surname McLERNON.

      Thomas married Elizabeth Sarah (Lizzie) Duxfield on 10 April 1889 in St Lukes Church, Mt Albert, Auckland. Thomas met Robert Duxfield, Lizzie's brother, on the S.S. "Tongariro" during the voyage to New Zealand. Thomas and Robert became friends on the voyage, which led to Thomas meeting Lizzie. Thomas and Lizzie had six children while living in Devonport.

      In 1898 Thomas and family moved to Manawaru near Te Aroha in the Waikato where he purchased 300 acres. The farm was named Carmavry after the area in Ireland where Thomas grew up. The farm was swamp, covered in flax and manuka. The land was cleared, drains dug to dry up the swamp, and fences built. A cowshed was built in 1906, a herringbone (with a pit for milking). Experimental work on early milking machines was done with Dr Wallace from Rurakura. Further land was purchased in 1908. This additional land was subdivided into four farms and sold after WW1, enabling Thomas and Lizzie to take a holiday back to England and Ireland in 1921. A transcript of one letter written while on holiday can be viewed on separate page: Letter from Ireland.

      Thomas and Lizzie retired from the Manawaru farm to Te Aroha where they lived with Ethel, their youngest daughter. Lizzie died in 1944 and Thomas in 1958. Both Thomas and Elizabeth are buried in Te Aroha.

  • Sources 
    1. [S14] Jenny Miller, Auckland, NZ, Descendents of Thomas McLaren, (Jenny Miller, Jan 2003).

    2. [S14] Jenny Miller, Auckland, NZ, Descendents of Thomas McLaren, (Jenny Miller, Jan 2003).
      Emigrated on S.S. Tongiriro under the name Thomas McLernon

    3. [S96] Maintained by S. Swiggum and M. Kohli, The Ships List, (1997 to present), none.
      TONGARIRO / ZIBENGHLA 1883 - TONGARIRO 4,163 g.t. 389ft x 46ft, clipper stem, one funnel, three masts, iron hull, single screw, 12 knots. 80-1st, 80-2nd, 250-3rd class passengers. (sister ship to RUAPEHU). Built J. Elder &Co, Glasgow. Launched in Aug.1883 for NZSCo, London - NZ service. Chartered to Beaver Line and started first Liverpool - Quebec - Montreal sailing 6/8/1898. Eighth and last sailing on this service May 1899. Sold British India SN Co 1900, renamed ZIBENGHLA. Scrapped Bombay 1910.

    4. [S97] Auckland Area Passenger Vessels 1838-1886, (Auckland City Libraries 2004), none.
      Vessel: TONGARIRO. Captain's name: J. Boke. Date of departure: 29 July 1885 and 1 August 1885 . Port of departure: London and Plymouth. Date of arrival: 16 September 1885. Port of arrival: Port Chalmers (Dunedin). Notes: Arrived with 382 passengers, 150 of which are nominated immigrants principally for Southern Ports (by friends in New Zealand). Source: New Zealand herald, 16 September 1885, p 4 col 2; New Zealand herald, 17 September 1885, p 4 col 1; New Zealand herald, 21 September 1885, p 4 col 3.

    5. [S614] NZ Electoral Rolls, 1853-2010, (Ancestry.co.uk.), none.

    6. [S14] Jenny Miller, Auckland, NZ, Descendents of Thomas McLaren, (Jenny Miller, Jan 2003).
      Farm: 1898, Manawaru, near Te Aroha. Cowshed built in 1906 - was a herringbone i.e. with a pit for milking. Experimental work on early milking machines was done with D McL Wallace. Named farm Carmavey, after the district in Co. Antrim where he had been brought up. Occupation: 1888, First worked in Captain Cook Brewery in Khyber Pass Road with his brother Harry (Henry). Also worked as a ploughman in Ponsonby, before leasing a shop in Devonport where his occupation is listed as 'Dairyman'.

    7. [S98] H. Wise & Co. (N.Z.), Ltd., Dunedin, Wise's New Zealand Post Office Directory 1905, (Archive CD Books Australia Pty Ltd. 2007), none.

    8. [S26] New Zealand Society of Genealogists, NZ Cemetery Records, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc 1985).
      Te Aroha Cemetery headstone: Elizabeth Sarah, wife of Thomas McLaren died 12 September 1944 aged 83; Also Thomas Mclaren died 30 April 1958 aged 95

    9. [S235] David Bryant, NZSG Index - Morrinsville Cemetery Records, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc.).

    10. [S17] David Bryant, NZSG Index, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc., 2005).
      Probate record

    11. [S1982] Archives New Zealand Online - Probate File, (Archives New Zealand, https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz).

    12. [S31] Family Search, (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), none.

    13. [S661] Ross E McLaren, Auckland, NZ, Ancestors of Thomas McLaren, (Ross McLaren, Auckland).

    14. [S14] Jenny Miller, Auckland, NZ, Descendents of Thomas McLaren, (Jenny Miller, Jan 2003).
      Married at St. Lukes Church, Mt. Albert, Auckland.

    15. [S604] Diane Wilson, NZ 1911 Electoral Roll, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc., 2010).


 

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